Silverleaf Consulting
About the firm

Close to the client. Honest about trade-offs.

Silverleaf Consulting is a small, Montana-based firm built on the belief that technology should make organizations more capable — not more complicated.

Our mission

Alleviate the technical complexity of your business while enhancing your productivity.

Software, AI, and esports each carry a lot of noise. We help organizations cut through it: what's actually useful, what's worth investing in, what to ignore. The mission has stayed the same since 2002 — the tools have changed, and we've changed with them.

We promote technology as a tool for better business — not the other way around.

That means staying close to the work, communicating constantly during a project, and finishing what we start. It also means being willing to say when a piece of technology isn't the right answer.

Leadership

Two principals, one practice.

Michael Cassens

Co-founder · Principal

Michael has spent more than twenty years in software — first as a developer for technical publications at Intel and Microsoft, then building enterprise and intranet applications for organizations across the country. He brought that practice home to Missoula and, alongside it, joined the University of Montana faculty.

Today he's Associate Professor of Game Design and Interactive Media at the UM School of Visual and Media Arts, and Director of UM Esports — a program he built from the ground up. His current work centers on where AI, game design, and education meet.

  • M.S. Computer Science — University of Montana (2003)
  • Microsoft Certified Solution Developer · Site Builder
  • Director, UM Esports
  • Associate Professor, Game Design & Interactive Media — UM

Karin Clark-Cassens

Co-founder · Principal

Karin leads business operations, finance, and marketing for Silverleaf. Before co-founding the firm she ran her own businesses and worked as an organizational consultant, helping owners make sense of growth, structure, and the unglamorous decisions that determine whether a company actually works.

She brings that perspective to every Silverleaf engagement — making sure the technical work we deliver fits the way the client's organization actually runs.

  • MBA — University of Montana (2004)
  • Former small business owner
  • Organizational consultant
  • Operations & client relations lead
Where we sit

Montana grounded. Working everywhere.

We're headquartered in Missoula, with clients across Montana and beyond. Being small means we can stay close to the people we work with — which is most of why anyone hires a firm like ours.

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